Scholarship and Academics: $19 million

Student Scholarships – $15 million

Promising, diverse applicants shouldn’t have a financial barrier set before them before they even enter

through our gates. Fewer and fewer of the most prized students are able to shoulder the full cost of

Jacksonville University tuition. ASPIRE’s merit and need-based scholarships will prove essential to

making JU their first and final choice.

Our enthusiastic, sharp and caring faculty love nurturing students to ever-greater successes. They need

continuing training through education, workshops, sabbaticals and more to keep pace in a changing

market. With support from ASPIRE’s funds, they’ll have the long-term access to resources, materials

and training that they need to hone their skills, perform research and keep JU attractive and visible for

years to come.

JU’s best and brightest enrich themselves and the entire campus with their rigorous coursework, research

and scholarship. Together with faculty, they upgrade the University’s academic standards and help attract

a higher brand of student to campus. ASPIRE will boost Honors Program funding toward course

development, travel to conferences and symposia and research projects.

Creative, innovative research dovetails with classwork as an inspiring part of the JU experience. Scholarly

study by undergraduates is a crucial aspect of the journey toward even more sophisticated findings.

However, it costs money. ASPIRE will provide for the travel, data collection, labs, supplies, equipment,

software and more needed to grow this aspect of their JU careers.

With the recent international accreditation and a new dean, the Davis College of Business is poised

to meet and exceed the needs of today’s students and business community. Plans include developing a

doctorate program in business administration, adding travel components to business courses and building

internship relationships with global and entrepreneurial ventures.